many promises not delivered

Rating: Null/10 (2 November 2002)

Having seen this film, I was granted with the 'jump out of your skin' frights that were promised in the trailers seen in previous weeks. However, I spent much of my time in between wondering when the next piece of action may come from. I'm not saying this was a bad movie, but it could have had a little more to offer in the the way of action.
WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW
If you look at this film with regards to the fact that the majority of the UK (approx 57 million people) have been wiped out, leaving just a handful of survivors. Why is it that throughout the entirity of the film, we see no more than 100 or so.
Why don't the infected attack each other given that they are infected with a virus that makes them violent.
How come a dimly lit candle attracts two zombies into the house of Jims family, yet flashing lights from a high rise flat that is visible to much of London attracts just as many infected beings.
These are just a few of the flaws that overwhelm what could have been a great movie. It's certainly worth seeing as it's a change from your usual 'feel good' British movie that I for one am sick of seeing.
It makes a change from a typical American horror flick that normally involves a bunch of High School Airheads trapping themselves upstairs in their parents house while the parents are on vacation so some masked nutter can take vengence for some pitiful childhood existance that turned them into such a psycho.
I would give this film 5 1/2 out of 10 as there are moments of excellence that makes this film watchable